Sentences with phrase «golden generation of players»

With Marc Wilmots» men's clash with Sweden also highly priced, there appears to be a lot of Belgian fans on their way to neighbouring France and hopes are clearly high that their golden generation of players can reward them with glory.

The last time the two teams met in a World Cup, the USA did the unthinkable, defeating a Portugal squad that contained a golden generation of players who were tipped to realize their potential in international football.

Not exact matches

Let's be honest England just don't produce the world class players needed to win big tournaments, even the so - called golden generation of Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham etc were never at the same level as the likes of Xavi, Pirlo in internationals for their country!

Can Wiggins be the guy who leads a golden generation of Canadian players who are ready to change the landscape of basketball?

Next world cup these same players will have become part of another so called «golden generation» and again they will fail.

Whereas Portugal's golden generation - Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Sergio Conceicao, and so on - were at least a coherent international side that had gelled in victory at consecutive FIFA Youth Championships, this was simply a confluence of talented players from disparate clubs and of mismatched styles.

This, arguably, was the main reason for the farrago of the golden generation: England were blessed with a remarkably talented generation of players; the problem was that Michael Owen and David Beckham needed a 4 -4-2, while Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard needed an additional holding player.

Generations of players hovered around the floor during games, heatedly debating whether the golden age of high school basketball had passed.

There have been players who were not really flashy, or skilled like others but manage to win trophies throughout their careers for example some of the golden generation of Spanish national team who not only won 2010 world cup but two back to back European titles as well as success with their respective club teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid.

It's an exciting period because the squad is mostly rid of «golden generation» players like Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.

Given the golden generation of Spanish football players, «La Roja» with no doubts has been the best team in the world by greater margins.

Since the appointment of Julen Lopetegui the former World and European champions have managed to combine the experience of their golden generation with the energy and exuberance of a crop of young players the manager knows all about from his time in charge of the Under 21s.

Jones could yet be another one of those astute signings by Sir Alex as he also fits the bill for the homegrown player rule which can not be neglected in the years to come, especially since United are left with only Giggs out of all those players from the golden generation.

With the country's «golden generation» probably facing their final World Cup as a collective, the Ivorian players will want to make sure they live up to the promise that presented all of those years ago.

Manchester United have produced more English talent for the national team than any other club but when looking at the younger players in the England squad you could argue they don't match the ability of the so - called «golden generation».

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